The Jewish singers: Steve Lawrence
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Travel and FoodMiddle East Roundup: September 16, 2015
Netanyahu vows to stem terror wave after fatal Rosh Hashanah attack (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened an emergency meeting in Jerusalem on Tuesday night to discuss ways to stem the recent surge of rock-throwing and firebombing attacks in Israel’s capital, including the killing of 64-year-old Jerusalem resident Alexander Levlovich in
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International, Middle East, USAUncertainty, incremental change staples of government
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — One of the principal lessons that should be taught in courses dealing with politics and public policy is the persistence of uncertainty. People who insist on telling us what will be, or what will not be, have a lot to learn. Many who claim to be predicting are telling us what
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAStar- studded life in Beverly Hills in the 1940s
By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California–Looking back at the 1940s in Beverly Hills, it seems extraordinary now. Everyone seemed to know movie stars, they were not such a big deal. June Haver was in my class, and I helped her put on makeup in our high school bathroom the day she landed a contract
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Travel and FoodHere are some Shabbos meals with flair
Jewish Slow Cooker Recipes by Laura Frankel, Agate Surrey, (c) 2015, ISBN 978-157-284-1802; 256 pages, $18.95. By Erin Philips SAN DIEGO – Laura Frankel knows a thing or two about kosher food. As the former chef and founder of kosher fine-dining restaurants in Chicago and New York, and current executive chef at Wolfgang Puck Kosher Catering
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Travel and FoodLou Lenart: The pilot who saved Tel Aviv
By Joe Spier CALGARY, Alberta, Canada — On July 6, 2010, as the sun was about to set over Arlington, Virginia, 89 year-old ex-U.S. Marine and Israeli Air Force fighter pilot, Lou Lenart stood on the reviewing stand at the base of the Marine Corps War Memorial, flanked by generals and took the salute
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Middle EastJFS, others call for U.S. to admit Syrian refugees
SAN DIEGO (SDONA)– Local Jewish organizations are joining a national effort to ask President Obama to allow 100,000 more Syrian refugees to settle in the United States. Jewish Family Service of San Diego and the Leichtag Foundation in Encinitas are joining HIAS, the oldest international migration and refugee resettlement agency in the U.S., to petition the government. As over
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Middle East, San Diego County, USAJewish year 5776 starts ominously
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s not an auspicious beginning. Or maybe it is. The year is 5776, according to the Hebrew calendar, תשע”ו as you’ll find it on Israeli documents. By tradition, the calendar began with the creation of the world, but we needn’t let doubts about that bother us. As it is beginning, the
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USAJewish Trivia: High Holy Day lawsuit
By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — A lawsuit has been filed in California against a number of synagogues, including Young Israel of Beverly Hills, alleging a violation related to the High Holidays. What is the lawsuit about? A. On the High Holidays, these synagogues do not open their parking lots as it is a violation of
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Jewish Religion, Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireA 4-step guide to repentance
By Michael R. Mantell, PhD SAN DIEGO — According to Jewish tradition, on the tenth day of the Hebrew month Tishri, Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the second set of tablets of the Ten Commandments after Hashem forgave the Jews for the sin of worshipping the golden calf. That day is called Yom Kippur,
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